UN official charged with human trafficking

A UN refugee official was charged yesterday with human trafficking. Rashidoon Khan, a Pakistani national, was working for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in the UN administered province of Kosovo in south-eastern Europe. He was charged by an international prosecutor with two counts of human trafficking and two counts of sexual abuse of minors under the age of 16. If the officials protecting refugees are engaging in human trafficking then there is little hope of a change in the overall situation. The UN must continue to do all it can to stop this abuse of human rights occuring within its own organisation.